Cardholder



P. R. VOGEL CARDHOLDER Filed OCL. l0, 1946 Patented Nov. 28, 1950 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE CARDHOLDER Paul R. Vogel, Chicago, Ill.

Application October 10, 1946, Serial No. 702,469

(Cl. 40-l24) 3 lClaims.

This invention relates to' card holders, and more' particularly to adevice adapted to hold greeting cards or photographs in a mannersuitable for display purposes. The invention is an improvement on thedevice shown in my prior U. S. Patent No. 1,769,610, dated July 1, 1930.

One object of the invention is to provide a card holder whereby cards ofvarious sizes may be mounted for display purposes. The cards are easilyand quickly mounted and demounted, and they are held to the holder in asecure and neat manner.

Another object is to provide a card holder whereby cards of the same orvarious sizes may be mounted on either or both sides of the holder. Inparticular, cards of the same size may be mounted back to back onopposite sides of the holder, that is, the cards may occupy exactly thesi'rie area on opposite sides of the holdei'. This feature makes itpossible for a plurality of ho1d ers to be mounted in album form andpermits utilization of al1 available mounting space.

Still another object of the invention is `to provide a holder wherebythe cards may be attached through overlapping ap action on any or all ofthe card edges. Accordingly, cards may be mounted so as to be held withequal rmness along all four edges, top, bottom, right and left, therebyproviding ideal support.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawingwherein various forms of the invention are shown. It is to be understoodthat the description and drawing are illustrative only, and that thescope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plane View of a card holder embodying the invention, andshowing cards mounted on the holder;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a plane View of a portion of a card holder utilizing amodication of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing, the improved card holder consistsgenerally of a sheet B of compare. tively stir material such ascardboard. Sheet E may of any suitable size and generally is of suchsize as to be conveniently mounted as one page of an album.

Sheet 5 is provided with a plurality of separate slits i and 8. Eachslit (as exemplined by slits l' and 8) follows in general the outline ofa modified W. Accordingly, each slit denes in sheet 6 a group of threeflaps, 9, I?) and Il, Whichai bendable out lof the plane of the sheet oneither side of the sheet. As will be seen, ilaps i) and II extend orface in me same direction, while intermediate nap Ill faces in theopposite direction.

Slit l is arranged in a row with additional slits i3, i4, i5 and I6, thespace between adjacent slits in the row being somewhat less than thelength of any o'fiie of the defined ilaps, j

Similarly slit S is arranged in a row of like slits spaced somewhatapart from the first described ivv. It will be understood that thenumber" of such rows will depend upon the desired size of sheet e. u

Another row of separate slits, exempliiied by `sli-t l is disposedintermediate the iirst two: rows.

The slits of the intermediate ro-W may have the saine coriiiguiation asthe others, and they are preferably reversed in direction: That is, dansI9 and in delined by slit I8, face in a4 direction opposite to flaps 9and I I defined by slit l, while interiediate nap 2| faces in thedirection opporsite to corresponding intermediate flap Ill. thermore,the row of slits including slit I8 is staggered with respect to itsadjacent rows, that is, the lengths `'of the flaps in the intermediaterow lie generally opposite the spaces between slits in the adjacentrows. This staggered arrangement, cf course, insures that cards of allsizes may be accommodated by the holder, and also 'that the stiffness ofsheet 6 is not unduly lessened.

On the left side of sheet are shown separate slits 2'2, 23 and 24. Theseslits are oriented at right angles to the previously described slits,each slit thereby providing groups oi three flaps similarly oriented,The right side of sheet `ii is provided with oppositely directedseparate slits. 2G, 21 and 2%. Preferably, alternate slits in ea'ch ofthese rows are staggered with respect to adjacent slits, therebyproviding iiaps to accommodate cards of various dimensions.

A card 3d is shown mounted in plosition on the visible face of sheet 5.Flaps Si and I I of slit 'I and the corresponding flaps oi slit 8 havebeen bent outwardly, and the top edge of card Si! has been insertedbeneath the flaps. The intermediate flap` of slit iii and itscounterpart in the corresponding other r w overlap and secure thebottorn edge of the card. The outer two flaps of side slit 23 overlapand hold the left edge oi card 3U, While the outer two naps of slit 2lhold the right card edge.

As will be seen, the arrangement of flaps 'on card is such as toaccommodate cards o size, within the limits, of course, of sheet 6.Since several cards may be mounted on a single sheet, substantial spa'ceeconomy is effected.

A second card 3l is shown in dotted lines as being mounted on thereverse face of sheet 6. It is apparent that flaps are available for somounting a card of any size on the reverse face. In fact, it will beseen that a card of exactly the same size as card 39 could be mounted onthe reverse face to occupy a space exactly coextensive with thatoccupied by card 39. That type of mounting would be accomplished bybending a flap such as flap 9, out of the plane of sheet 6 on one side,and its companion flap H out of the plane of the sheet on the oppositeside. This procedure could be followed with suicient of the flap groupsto provide flap action on all edges of the reverse card.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 embodies generally the same inventionas shown in Figs. 1-3. The modification utilizes, as shown, a sheet 34containing spaced rows of separate slits 35 and 39. Slit 35 issubstantially W-shaped so as to provide outer flaps 37 and 38 extendinginthe same direction, and intermediate iiap 39 extending in the oppositedirection.

A third row of separate slits 4l is disposed intermediate the rowscontaining slits 3S and 3E. Slits 9| are substantially V-shaped, andeach slit 4l defines a flap 42 which faces in the same direction as ap39. It will be noted that aps 92 may be somewhat shorter in length andspaced closer together than aps 39 whereby aps 42 are in general alwaysstaggered with respect to flaps 39. This feature, of course, permits theaccommodation of cards of all sizes.

Use of the card holder shown in Fig. 4 is selfexplanatory. It will beseen that cards of various sizes likewise may be mounted on both sidesof the sheet.

From the above description it is thought that the construction andadvantages of this invention will be readily apparent to those skilledin the art. Various changes and modifications may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit or losing the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A card holder comprising a sheet of stiff material having a pluralityof separate, generally W-shaped slits therein, said slits each deningthree flaps which are bendable out of the plane of said material oneither side of said material, two of said flaps facing in one directionand the other flap facing in the opposite direction to comprise a flapgroup, said groups of three flaps being arranged in rows with the flapsof one row being staggered with respect to corresponding iiaps inadjacent rows whereby cards of the same or various sizes may be held bysaid flaps on either and both sides of said material, said iapsoverlapping opposite card edges.

2. The card holder of claim 1 including additional rows of similar flapgroups arranged in said material in areas laterally adjacent to some ofsaid rows of flap groups, said similar ap groups being oriented at rightangles to the first flap groups and being staggered with respect to eachother whereby to hold cards by overlapping the opposite card edges notoverlapped by flaps of said rst flap groups.

3. The card holder of claim 1 wherein the corresponding flaps inadjacent rows are oriented in opposite directions.

PAUL R. VOGEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le ofthis patent: Y

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 685,405 Lamb Oct. 29, 1901835,178 Clare Nov. 6, 1906 1,850,362 Vogel Mar. 22, 1936 FOREIGN PATENTSNumber Country Date 53,924 Denmark Nov. 29, 1937

